Keelin
Keelin was the 9325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 3590th with 23 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 792 places. More babies were named Keelin in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,325 boys, down 2,492 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8boys
- Girls and boys
- 33% girls, 67% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200023 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,396babies recorded
Keelin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #9,325 | — | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,816 | #6,833 | 7 | 12 |
| 2010 | #4,801 | #5,145 | 30 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,369 | #3,590 | 40 | 23 |
| 1990 | #7,091 | — | 12 | — |
| 1980 | #7,059 | — | 9 | — |
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How popular is Keelin, counting every spelling?
Keelin is a spelling of Keelan, a name family that had 63 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 63 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keelan | 55 | #2,463 | 346 |
| Keelin | 8 | #9,325 | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keelin?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keelin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Keelin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keelin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keelin?
About 400 people born in the US named Keelin are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 11 and 26. That makes Keelin mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keelin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keelin, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keelin
How popular is the name Keelin?
Keelin was the 9325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 3590th with 23 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 792 places. More babies were named Keelin in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Keelin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 33% girls, 67% boys given the name Keelin in the US.